უჩამზუღა

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Calque of Ottoman Turkish قره دكز (Kara Deñiz, Black Sea). From უჩა (uça, black) +‎ მზუღა (mzuğa, sea).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ut͡ʃɑmˈzuɣɑ/
  • Hyphenation: უ‧ჩამ‧ზუ‧ღა

Proper noun[edit]

უჩამზუღა (uçamzuğa) (Latin spelling Uçamzuğa)

  1. Black Sea
    კირიმი უჩამზუღაში ჰექოლე კელე დოსქიდუნ
    ǩirimi uçamzuğaşi hekole ǩele doskidun
    Crimea is on the other side of the Black Sea

Further reading[edit]

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “Uça-Mzuğa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მზუღაუჩა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi